diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilderTests.java
index c414dd27091f5..4dbd04f25a1b0 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ public void testDateRangeQueryFormat() throws IOException {
         assertThat(parsedQuery, instanceOf(IndexOrDocValuesQuery.class));
         parsedQuery = ((IndexOrDocValuesQuery) parsedQuery).getIndexQuery();
         assertThat(parsedQuery, instanceOf(ApproximateScoreQuery.class));
-        assertThat(query, instanceOf(ApproximateScoreQuery.class));
         Query originalQuery = ((ApproximateScoreQuery) parsedQuery).getOriginalQuery();
         assertThat(originalQuery, instanceOf(PointRangeQuery.class));
         Query approximateQuery = ((ApproximateScoreQuery) parsedQuery).getApproximationQuery();